Battle of Gettysburg: Bird's-Eye Perspective | Animated History

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Clark, Champ. Gettysburg: The Confederate High Tide. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1985.
Comte De Paris. The Battle of Gettysburg: a History of the Civil War in America. Digital Scanning Inc, 1999.
"Gettysburg Album." Military Images 36, no. 3 (2018): 16-23. www.jstor.org/stable/26430456.
McPherson, James M. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. Oxford History of the United States. Oxford University Press, 1988.
Pfanz, Harry W. Gettysburg - The First Day. University of North Carolina Press, 2001.
Pfanz, Harry W. Gettysburg - The Second Day. University of North Carolina Press, 1987.
Pfanz, Harry W. Gettysburg: Culp's Hill and Cemetery Hill. University of North Carolina Press, 1993.
Trudeau, Noah Andre. Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage. HarperCollins, 2002.
U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1880-1901.
Fields of Honor Pivotal Battles of the Civil War by Edwin C. Bearss
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Mabye Grant split his alcohol on it.

[@Krebssssssss]

“General Sickles, a devoted husband“. I enjoyed that dose of sarcasm. Sickles shot his wife’s lover, for those who don’t know.

[@tescomealdeals4613]

which btw the man Sickles' wife was having an affair with (the man Sickles killed) was also the son of Francis Scott Key

[@Krebssssssss]

@@tescomealdeals4613 Damn, no kidding? That’s even more incredible!

[@sirboomsalot4902]

@@tescomealdeals4613 Wow, it’s weird how history works out where it has odd crossovers like that.

[@greyguy9550]

That just makes it so, so, so much better. I just thought they said it because they had nothing else to say about that human meme.

[@stephenodell9688]

Sickles should have been shot for not staying where Mead placed him.

[@DieNextInLINE]

Kind of insane how the bloodiest battle in the war started from such a small accidental encounter. It really shows you how much damage can be caused from a lack of reconnaissance.

[@Tacdelio]

@@enoshadowwalker119 or the rebel scum just sucked and charged like mentally deficient children, then they thrash about while gurgling on blood in the middle of a field. i bet the sound of their battlecry amidst the carnage was akin to the sound of pigs being tortured. common lee L.

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@@enoshadowwalker119what

[@sirlythan]

This is illustrated pretty often at NTC/Fort Irwin; units rotating through there learn this lesson the hard way. In the end, it's as true today as back then - information is the king of the battlefield.

[@barneyboyle6933]

It wasn’t *that* accidental. Lincoln was repeatedly attempting to bait the confederates into attacking so he could scream that he’s being threatened and then have the justification he needed to wage a brutal genocidal campaign against the south. Just look at the generals of the war. The confederate generals were men of honor whereas the northern generals were malicious barbarians. History is written by the victors though.

[@DCrypt1]

@Eno Shadowwalker that’s not what Wikipedia says and everything Wikipedia says is correct and 100% accurate because it’s a CIA funded effort you understand?

[@stevemc01]

"I'M NOT GONNA LET THEM TAKE MY BEANS" "How many times do I have to tell you: THEY'RE NOT HERE FOR YOUR BEANS"

[@visheshverma8561]

Hahaha oversimplified

[@DantheCat37212]

oversimplified xD

[@breaderikthegreat3224]

Dude...uncool

[@gibhacker8121]

They absolutely would have taken the beans. Confederate armies were chronically hungry and would have taken all the beans they found.

[@Justin-cw7zf]

@@gibhacker8121 everyone thinks the battle was to invade the Union, but it was really for the beans

[@masterplokoon8803]

At least it wasn't like Antietam: Lincoln-" They're on the run, chase them down and finish them off!" McCLellan- "No!" Lincoln- "You know what old buddy old pal? You're fired"

[@Ruosteinenknight]

Oversimplified ftw!

[@IFY0USEEKAY]

To Lincoln, Meade also let the Army of N. Virginia escape after Gettysburg...

[@Significantpower]

@@IFY0USEEKAY Of course, the Army of the Potemic was in no condition to sustain pursuit, let alone fight another engagement.

[@masterplokoon8803]

@@IFY0USEEKAY the diference is that McCLellan could have easily crushed Lee at Antietam and could have finished him but didn't. He had like twice the men.

[@IFY0USEEKAY]

@@masterplokoon8803 Agreed! Also, After Gettysburg, the army of the Potomac was exhausted, with many wounded and low on ammunition. However, as I stated, Lincoln thought differently. "My dear general, I do not believe you appreciate the magnitude of the misfortune involved in Lee's escape- He was within your easy grasp, and to have closed upon him would, in connection with the our other late successes, have ended the war." -excerpt from Lincoln's letter to Meade following Gettysburg...

[@lordofspearton8643]

15:09 Just would like to add in a story of how desperate the fighting in the section of the line was. At one point Gen. Hancock personally ordered the 1st Minnesota Regiment to charge to charge a Confederate Brigade in order to buy time to shore up the line. The regiment did so without question, and sustained 82% casualties in the charge. They bought just enough time for renforcements to arrive. There were only 47 survivors of the roughly 250 man regiment.

[@gst32]

Thanks for commenting on this. Their sacrifice most likely was the difference between holding and losing Cemetary hill. Their losses were the greatest by a single Union regiment in the entire war. I was hoping this would get mentioned in the video.

[@Whiskeyman1776]

The Minnesota 1st! To the Last Man!

[@Autumnlight91]

If I member correctly, I think from Atun Shi films or a comment on one of his vids, it's mentioned they have the confederate flag they captured displayed to this day. Every year Virginia asks for it back, and Minnesota says no.

[@limadelta2]

Their battle flag is in the capital rotunda in St. Paul. Went there when I was a kid and that flag was just shredded.

[@lawrencetierney3697]

My Great-Great Grandfather was Pvt Edward H Basset, G Coy, 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, when the Regiment was formed they had 1000 men, by the time they arrived at Gettysburg there were 262 Men left. After the Bayonet Charge against two Brigades of Southern Troops, there were 47 men left. The survivors were pulled off the Line and put into the center where it was assumed they would be safe. On the next day the regiment participated in repelling Pickett's charge losing 17 more men killed & wounded. At the end of the Battle of Gettysburg the 1st Minnesota Regt had 30 Men left. One of those was my Great-Great Grandfather. Edward Basset was a prolific letter writer, who sent many letters back to his family describing his life in the Army, these letters have been publish in a Book "The 1st MN Second to None" by Richard G. Krom (My Cousin) Lawrence Tierney Warrant Officer (Ret) Canadian Armed Forces

[@danstermeister]

"The most tragic, of course, was General Sickles' right leg." Maybe all the people that died that day were a close 2nd to General Sickles' right leg. In it's defense, it was a pretty amazing leg.

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[@dutchray8880]

The most tragic thing was all the men under Sickles' command that got killed because he could not follow a simple order.

[@colehartel7206]

@@dutchray8880 Well yes, obviously. The comment about his leg was clearly meant ironically.

[@voicai7910]

@@colehartel7206 wdym that leg was the biggest lost.

[@Karlss61]

are you kidding? it was the GREATEST leg

[@kingbobbyb6026]

"General Sickles a devoted husband" I guess that's one way to put it

[@ViktorBengtsson]

I learned about that yesterday from a Twitter thread on the topic, and the phrasing certainly made me chuckle :)

[@calumwatt4360]

I thought that was a weirdly random comment until I went and looked it up.

[@MrLeoni2]

"...a devoted husband." RIGHT!!!!

[@theworld9533]

I dont get it

[@dexsterkevin80]

if nobody gets it, general sickles shot his wifes lover

[@Omar_ayach]

Battle of Gettysburg: God's prespective

[@breaderikthegreat3224]

God's on our side No way, God is on our side Why don't we ask him. God who's side are you Strugged by a lightning Aw. Dude uncool

[@gunpenguin9034]

Indeed

[@chickenwarriorr]

Bacon

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Lettuce

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Tomato

[@Knightstruth]

The thought of two units of cavalry meeting in battle and having a large scale sword on sword skirmish in the 1860s is pretty badass.

[@Knightstruth]

@Bald Skull Evil? Whatcha mean?

[@Knightstruth]

@Bald Skull Yeah, sure.

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@Bald Skull Alright then.

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Badass yes. Fucking terrifying irl also yes.

[@Knightstruth]

@@jacobjones4766 Also yes.

[@DangerRussDayZ6533]

One thing these videos always leave out, is just how much fighting there was in the streets of Gettysburg. There was house to house urban warfare at certain times. There were snipers hiding in attics, cutting out a few bricks from the walls to use as shooting positions. There were some instances where the union would be at the front of the house, and the confederates would be at the back, and shooting through the house at one another. When walking through Gettysburg, on streets like Baltimore Street, you can still see the bullet holes which riddle the houses.

[@puiijongte6995]

Wall banging in the 1800s be like

[@captiancholera8459]

Stalingrad linear warfare edition

[@DaemonTargaryen13]

Snipers?? There was no such thing as a “sniper” in the 1860’s 😂😂😂😂😂

[@peredavi]

@@DaemonTargaryen13 Really? You are wrong. Sharp shooters with optics.

[@coryhoggatt7691]

Pure nonsense. Federal troops were in full retreat through the town and they didn’t stop until they reached the breastworks being constructed on Cemetery Hill.

[@johannessrensen5254]

*General Sickles gets his leg blown of by a cannonball* "Just a flesh wound"

[@501ststormtrooper9]

*”I’m invincible!”* -General Sickles, probably

[@boyscouts83712]

@@501ststormtrooper9 your a looney! General Sickles leg: THE LEG OF SICKLE SHALL ALWAYS TRIUMPH! HAVE AT YOU... COME ON THEN-

[@eldridgedavis]

He puffed on a cigar saying: it's just a leg..

[@cheesedrgn]

Tis but a scratch

[@joshuaescopete]

MY LEG!!!!

[@PennTankerGuy]

"General Pickett, you must look to your division!" "General Lee, I *have* no division."

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He must look to his division If practical

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@Dave Baton your right, and even though it's the rebels it hurts.

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@Dave Baton Pickett meant his division was destroyed. There was nearly nothing to command. He cried over his losses for the rest of his life.

[@snoopybro1512]

General, give me one brigade and I will take that hill.

[@viking8781]

The bravery of soldiers during this war leaves me in awe. Such an amazing time to research

[@hereef1]

Bravery, the confederates were fighting for a horrible cause on the wrong side of history and soundly defeated. I guess the manhood on both sides were the same.

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Too bad Stonewall wasn't there.

[@dj-flights7376]

Thank you for this! I recently learned about my ancestry and that my 2nd great grandfather served in the Union. He was in the 64th regiment of NY, which was part of the General Hancock's 2nd corps in the Army of the Potomac. They were at the wheat field under Caldwell on day 2 and on day 3 held their position against Pickett's assault. I never knew anything before my grandfather, but with ancestry and independent searching of civil war letters, I learned so much. I have visited his grave at the Soldier's Home in DC twice already last year. I found that his commanding officer even wrote about him at least 4 times by reading the letters myself online. I didn't know much about the civil war, your video has helped tremendously.

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"MARTHA HURRY UP THERE IS A WAR OUTSIDE" "im wating for MY HAIR TO DRY" *booom*

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Martha there’s another war outside

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The 1860’s equivalent of shooting the invisible admin

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[@grbggaming6885]

I mourn for General Sickles' right leg, it was the worst loss of the battle. Especially for a a stand up guy like him. Really a fantastic video for us history nerds!

[@RebelJew777]

As an Gettysburg resident and living historian I really enjoy this birdseye view of the battle. That being said I got to kinda see it from this perspective when they filmed the movie Gettysburg. I wasn't a reenactor yet, but many in my company I'm in now was, including my Pastor's son. Two of them have aerial footage of them doing " Pickett's Charge" My uncle attached a expensive camera to his 90's style "drone" (he's always built awesome remote controlled model planes that cost $1000s) Anyway he filmed them filming the movie. He got some awesome footage. While it's obviously not the actual battle, it still gives you a really good perspective of what it probably looked like from the sky. He did have a video on KZbin he of footage he got back then, but it got a copyright and they took it down because it captured what the movie captured, as they where in process of filming and some other stupid crap.

[@matthewhoover8591]

"Devoted Husband" is easily the best treatment of Dan Sickles that I have ever heard. I loved your handling of him.

[@highspy6851]

I mean, he would kill for his wife eh?

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@@highspy6851 Yeah like what he did to Phillip Barton Key Jr

[@brianrajala7671]

Sickles is given more credit than he deserves.

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@@brianrajala7671 Absolutely

[@ajmari9585]

@@brianrajala7671 Sickles actually wasn't too bad for a civilian turned general (just like Benjamin Butler) and the decision that cost him his loyal appendage at Gettysburg is understandable if you know that after the Battle of Chancelersville he vowed to never put his men in a situation where they might fight against the high ground again. (He watched Episode 3 and took note).

[@paradoxless5596]

Someone learning about this: “Why would Sickles do something so stupid?” The ones that already know Sickles: “TEMPORARY INSANITY!”

[@-et37-]

Potential History ftw

[@dasonmouser1542]

Sickles move actually saved the union army. If he had not repositioned forward, the confederates would have overrun the Souther flank of the union army very quickly. And since his move was unexpected, the confederate armies didn’t expect it either and where suprised that federal troops where so far forward towards their own lines, this intact slowed the rebels down for a few hours so the union left flank could be fortified enough to push the rebels back. Many people think it was a very big tactical error. In my opinion I think Dan sickles knew what he was doing.

[@paradoxless5596]

@@dasonmouser1542 If he had not repositioned forward, he would have been linked with Hancock's Second Corps, which would have been able to easily support the Third and Sykes's Fifth would have been able to reinforce him faster. Instead, Sickles put himself under fire from three directions in an line that was almost twice as long than his assigned line (2,700 yards against 1,600), stretching the Third Corps extremely thin. A more compact line would have meant that the Third Corps would have been able to more easily man the line and avoid that three-to-two casualty rate (despite being on the defensive!) that the Union suffered on July 2nd. The argument that the Union would have been overrun in their original line is frankly nonsensical. Yes, the Third Corps got mauled at the Peach Orchard and was overrun because they were stretched too thin, unsupported by the rest of the army, thanks to the decision to advance, and were being fired upon from three directions. But they held long enough to be reinforced. So why would they crumble faster in a more defensible position in which they could be easily supported? And Sickles certainly did NOT know what he was doing. He thought he was, because to him, Chancellorsville made him, amateur soldier that he was, believe that he always needed to hold the high ground, as exemplified by the loss of Hazel Grove at Chancellorsville. But he failed to account for the fact that Chancellorsville was a very different beast to Gettysburg.

[@Korkzorz]

@@dasonmouser1542 Sickles was supposed to be on LRT.. So the union line would have been considerably stronger on the 2nd day had Sickles managed to stay in position. All the reinforcements that were brought in could been used to bolster and potentially counterattack rather than being thrown in to a meat grinder and having the union line hold on for dear life. Sickles move also endangered the right flank as so many troops had to be moved off to help Sickles that only 1500 men remained on Culps Hill..

[@bobstadelmayer8402]

@@dasonmouser1542 Sickles move nearly cost the Union army Gettysburg. Meade had to divert massive resources to shore up the left flank, due to Sickles arrogance and stupidity. The real hero of the left flank was Chamberlain. His leadership of the 20th Maine was nothing short of incredible (nearly 1/3 of the men he led were "deserters" of another Maine unit. He won nearly all of them over to fight in this battle).

[@vintagebrew1057]

Chamberlaine suffered from his wounds for the rest of his long life. God Rest his Soul! Excellent presentation. Thank You from London UK.

[@BadWebDiver]

Didn't help that he got hit in the gut with shrapnel in a later campaign. Must have been some war wounds to live through.

[@flatearthisahoax4030]

the only thing I find unbelievable is that despite his war injuries were the cause of his death, it took 51 years for it to catch up to him. He died in 1914, the same year WW1 began

[@jeckstrom6814]

I’ve been to the battlefield several times, I watched the movie twice, and watched plenty of docs that cover this battle. Despite all that this video still taught me new things. Excellent work

[@Peakfreud]

Been there as well, they have a cool Harley Dealership right next to one of the Battlefields.

[@danweyant707]

I grew up in Harrisburg and visited regularly on all manner of excursions. Literally can't say how many times (field trips, scouts, museum tours of all kinds, family nearby) I've been there. - and I'm not into re-enacting or anything - but yeah, that place is interesting

[@voodoocustompickups2547]

You can definitely feel it in the air there. My buddy and I passed through at dawn one day on our way to West Virginia and it was one of the eeriest feelings ever

[@Peakfreud]

@@voodoocustompickups2547 Petersburg Virgina has an interesting battle field, there's this huge Cannon there They brought in by train. That Cannon was used to bombard Richmond. I was in awe because if you've ever been there Richmond is not close to Petersburg at all... I was in awe that Cannon fire could reach that far .. I found the Petersburg Battlefield to more interesting, because of the automated tourist info along the path, the maps and paints it's so detailed .... That you're just emersed in the entire experience. I was Stationed at FT Lee , which is connected to the Battle Field.

[@mrhumble2937]

What movie?

[@thelameidiotboyofdumbguys]

"That peach orchard lookin' kinda fresh though..." -Daniel 'devoted husband' sickles

[@pocket_historian1807]

Yeah

[@andonivorrias1164]

Aka leg in casket sickle

[@pocket_historian1807]

Aka scared to attack sucked

[@Rings-of-Saturn2]

General Meade be like "We have excellent defensive positions, we will be good if nobody screws up" Daniel Sickles "Leeroy Jenkins"

[@Korkzorz]

Meade exerts a fantastic rant on Sickles: “General Sickles, this is in some respects higher ground than that to the rear, but there is still higher in front of you, and if you keep on advancing you will find constantly higher ground all the way to the mountains.”

[@eldridgedavis]

This^

[@FBobby]

@@Korkzorz The fact that Meade went down there himself to be like DUDE WTF! Says something about how badly Sickles messed up. Also didn't Sickles ask Meade if he should retreat and Meade's reply was Yes, but I don't think those men out there will let you.

[@Korkzorz]

@@FBobby Sickles is a character for sure. Imagine being responsible for the safety of 90.000 men (Meade) and having someone put all of the min jeopardy. I would be pissed for sure as well. It almost cost the Union the battle if not on the left flank then on the right at Culp's Hill..

[@FBobby]

@My 5th Account I believe the tactic is called a Feint. However THIS was NOT one of those times.

[@johnneill990]

"General Pickett, Why did the South lose the Battle of Gettysburg?" Pickett: "I reckon the Yankees have something to do with it"

[@haroldmiller381]

Because Lee ordered his men to purse across open ground with the yanks fortified behind a walled position hints the chant Fredricks burg being taken up by the Yankees which the roles were reversed

[@johnneill990]

@@haroldmiller381 I think that was a different battle,

[@Dragoneatspam]

*yankee spies*

[@truetolkienfan8491]

In no simplest terms Lee goofed.

[@johnneill990]

@@truetolkienfan8491 NO, he was counting on Jeb Stuart to come up behind the Union Lines but he was stopped by George Custer.

[@bennettleffew]

“Armchair Battle Drone” would be the most intimidating thing that could be deployed in combat.

[@VK-jy3pi]

It magically shoots standard size metal armchairs like a minigun. Yeah, nothing can top that damage against humans... except for explosives...

[@Dragoneatspam]

*armchair flies by*

[@afailureofaanimator6744]

Time stamp?

[@VK-jy3pi]

@@afailureofaanimator6744 just watch the start of the video.

[@afailureofaanimator6744]

@@VK-jy3pi ._.

[@Arcanyum]

"As Billy Yank meets Johnny Reb in the streets of Gettysburg..." CHECKMATE, LINCOLNITES!

[@DKendallProductions]

I get this reference. Lol.

[@Crusader-tg1wx]

*Union Dixie intensifies*

[@muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018]

@J.A. Bristol So, you are a civil war historian?

[@Crusader-tg1wx]

@J.A. Bristol Just like anti-vaxxers do research on vaccines, right?

[@jakegrant5698]

@J.A. Bristol you must understand that Civil War historians know facts about the civil war, and far more than you do, I'm sure.

[@swire6984]

This is a cool concept! You should do this with naval battles like Trafalgar.

[@emielverwaeren6550]

why do you have the code of arms of vichy france

[@theminipetabyte4610]

@@emielverwaeren6550 It's the Swire Corporation's logo as seen on Cathay Pacific and other Swire owned companies.

[@sitproperlywhilewatchingph423]

Yes

[@generalhorse493]

They should also do this for land battles, like the 1940 Fall of France, Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Carrhae, Battle of the Kalka River, etc.

[@NorDank]

Already seen it

[@rodneylove8027]

Those burns on Dan Sickles spoken without a note of humor nor irony were hilarious and priceless!😂

[@cy8ercat771]

I laughed at the "very devoted husband" comment about Sickles and the very subtle digs about his leg!

[@PrometheanGOld4]

Your artists never disappoint, great lesson on the Battle of Gettysburg!

[@thor39iq26]

@TOM SHORTS your not tommy smh

[@ladymacbethofmtensk896]

Now if only the locals would remember.

[@pahaihminen1]

I want to see "The Civil War from the Worms in the Ground Perspective"

[@nebeprisikiskiakopusteliau8884]

Same

[@wennick4859]

Idk I think a leaf on one of those trees pov would be pretty cool

[@nebeprisikiskiakopusteliau8884]

@@wennick4859 nah we need to see the perspective of one of the rocks

[@wennick4859]

@@nebeprisikiskiakopusteliau8884 why don’t we find a middle ground here and put a rock in a tree and do it’s pov

[@nebeprisikiskiakopusteliau8884]

@@wennick4859 good idea

[@Stormyrac3r]

I think Day 2 at Gettysburg is some of the most interesting history ever made and it was all in a single day. One mistake by Sickles almost cost the Union army the entire civil war. The luck and determination and the timely arrivals of troops saved the entire Union on Little Round Top, Devil’s Den, the Peach Orchard, the Wheatfield, and Cemetery Ridge.

[@alex.zeze16]

the moment johnny come marching home starts play as colonel chamberlain attacks was beatiful

[@thedoodindoing3931]

“The most tragic loss was Sickle’s right leg” Best thing ever

[@murkywateradminssions5219]

It's a potential history reference

[@wowngh1139]

SoMany AmericanNazis I can't tell if you're joking or not

[@dasonmouser1542]

Sickles move actually saved the union army. If he had not repositioned forward, the confederates would have overrun the Souther flank of the union army very quickly. And since his move was unexpected, the confederate armies didn’t expect it either and where suprised that federal troops where so far forward towards their own lines, this intact slowed the rebels down for a few hours so the union left flank could be fortified enough to push the rebels back. Many people think it was a very big tactical error. In my opinion I think Dan sickles knew what he was doing.

[@thedoodindoing3931]

@@dasonmouser1542 that I do know although many historians say it was an idiotic move considering his back story, that I can agree with you it did really save the battle

[@thedoodindoing3931]

@@gomahklawm4446 well come man it’s a joke I know that people died I’m not ignorant

[@Rakiratvian1999]

"Deploy the drone." *an armchair flies by*

[@engineerskalinera]

Gunner? Point the turret up at that camera in the sky!

[@coloneljoshuachamberlain3788]

What on earth is a drone. Is it like a flying carriage?

[@fatretard6]

@@coloneljoshuachamberlain3788 No clue sire, nonsensical future talk I presume!

[@coloneljoshuachamberlain3788]

@@fatretard6 must be something the youngins have cooked up

[@mathewthomas6694]

@@coloneljoshuachamberlain3788 Seems to be a bird with 4 wings, sir. I'm not sure why a bird would need 4 wings though.

[@markjurgens8898]

Hayes was in route to Gettysburg to get shoes and other supplies when John Buford had built up resistance to give John Reynolds time to arrive. Buford new the importance to the high ground and fought to preserve it.

[@ericanderson6884]

A shame that hardly anyone covers the charge of the 1st Minnesota on the second day.

[@FeyTheBin]

13:49 Such a Total War moment. "I've noticed your flanking defensive line, so I shall outflank it with another line."

[@thatonelionguy5038]

i dont get it, is that normal in total war games?

[@FeyTheBin]

Against newer players, definitely.

[@RollTide1987]

Armchair Historian: "Dan Sickles was a very devoted husband..." Regular Viewer: "Aww. Isn't that sweet..." Civil War Buff: "I see what you did there..."

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Sickles did the right thing

[@tmm9464]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey uhhhhhhhh

[@dutchray8880]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey Sickles was a peawit who almost lost that battle. You must be a rebel sympathizer.

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

@@dutchray8880 no, I'm talking about when he shot the guy who was fooling around with his wife. His actions in the battle are a different matter.

[@dutchray8880]

@@snakey934Snakeybakey I was kidding.

[@mattmac5605]

This is a channel I didn’t know I literally needed. You’re the best!

[@brandonblackfyre5783]

This channel never fails to amaze me with the quality of the videos. Keep up the awesome work the videos are amazing

[@firingallcylinders2949]

9:28 for those who are wondering why he said that On February 25, 1859, Sickles shot and killed his wife's lover, Philip Barton Key, who was Francis Scott Key's (the author of the National Anthem) son

[@jeffbenton6183]

And was exonerated on the grounds of "temporary insanity" - in the words of his lawyer. His friend Pres. Buchanan showed up briefly for that hearing.

[@historicalsnek1927]

This may be inaccurate but I remember hearing of “Red Mist” when Pickett’s charge happened. There were so many people getting hit by cannon fire that sometimes, when a cannon fired canister shot into the Confederates, there was so much blood that for a moment the air would be misted all over and appear as a red cloud.

[@matthewbaldwin964]

Same thing happens when someone gets shot with a 50 cal it's pink and red mist

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Not outside the realm of possibility. A cannon firing canister (small musket balls that would disperse into a cone of fragments) into a formation would likely create a haze of red blood as it struck multiple men at the same time. Atun-Shei said in a video that in order to do the combat of the Civil War justice on film, you'd need to depict rivers of blood, and I don't see any error in that assertion.

[@leemichael2154]

Your comment made me think about the bar scene in inglorious basterds when the German soldier fire's his MP 42 and a red mist is left over the table? Made me think about that

[@thesouthernhistorian4153]

@@eldorados_lost_searcher oh god Shei I'm sorry but how can anyone even more watch his civil war stuff it's just so bad

[@weirdofromhalo]

@@thesouthernhistorian4153 You mean it's the most accurate discussions of American Civil War history?

[@loshambo]

I just returned from my whirlwind tour in Gettysburg last week and have to say this is a great wrap-up. However things stay interesting as you delve into more details about certain armies in certain fights in certain places. There's a lot to sink your teeth into and a ghastly amount of history available .

[@JackBQuick79]

Such a great job on this. Its easy to appreciate the work and effort put forth to create this. Thank you for quality content.

[@IronDragon-2143]

When the Confederacy attacks from the North and the Union defends from the South. This was a crazy battle in American History.

[@ZarliwyOskarzyciel]

@CSA Dixie Soldier Thats the most random and nonsense comment reply I've ever seen ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). And i don't even like union

[@slothstudio5688]

@CSA Dixie Soldier okay bozo 😂

[@muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018]

@CSA Dixie Soldier Pfp checks out. Expected that to come out from ya.

[@gabriel.b9036]

That must be why they fired on a Fort with a small garrison in it. Oh wait...

[@FuckTard-dd1ee]

No. I'm sure that happened alot.nthey where atacking an objective, who knoes where ur gonna end up coming from when u looking for a town or hill etc.

[@saalemsadeque3595]

By all accounts, Vicksburg campaign by Grant was brilliant. It would be worth to have a video on that.

[@jeffbenton6183]

The Union's answer to Jackson's Valley Campaign. Grant's campaign is regarded by some historians as the most brilliant campaign of the whole war. The American Battlefield Trust made a animated battle video on it if you're interested.

[@josephpilkus1127]

Excellent overview! I recently attended a Leadership tour as an executive with the federal government. I traveled and toured Gettysburg dozens of times in my youth and both studied and play-tested/developed military war games based on the battle. Very impressive that you covered all three days in such a pithy video...great job!

[@stephengose6733]

Why haven't I found this podcast earlier????? I recommend ALL my students and recommend this HIGHLY in all my game design books.

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

Gettysburg’s 1st Day was the one of the toughest missions in Ultimate General as Union among 5… holding off only with cavalry and a few other units…

[@LuanMower55]

*shudders*

[@kousand9917]

But the feeling when on the 4th day you route and kill the Confederates so hard they only have 1 division left

[@stanisawzokiewski707]

WDYM. Its stupid easy for union but Confederacy is a little trickier.

[@stevens8162]

😟

[@segaprophet]

As confederates I usually go all in on assaulting the round tops and roll them up from the south.

[@davea.9927]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that this Sickles guy was not well liked.

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Colorful fellow, with a long and... interesting career.

[@bork6506]

Yeah he was, interesting. You can check out the Potential History video on him here if you’d like. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnWwfZqGo72Xq9E

[@ntm4]

Well if you need a limb to go out on, I hear Sickles is willing to donate one.

[@ShiftingDrifter]

It's hard to separate fact from fiction with most all these civil war generals, but most seemed to be strangely colorful, headstrong, bombastic and eccentric...

[@AEFarnam]

This is amazing!!! I live 4 miles from Brandy Station, and believe you me alot of people take for granted all the CW history we have right here at our fingertips. A. P. Hill himself was born right here in Culpeper VA. Edit: thank you so much armchair historian for all that you do!

[@krushfield]

Can you imagine if you were the farmer of that wheat field, or that peach orchard? You'd probably be thinking "Yeah, maybe today I'll take the day off and just stay inside."

[@panarchy9450]

General Sickle's right leg was the most tragic loss of the entire battle . :(

[@polygonalfortress]

A great loss for sure

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

Not to worry. It went on to have a distinguished career in a museum, visited by school tours often accompanied by its former owner.

[@Justin-cw7zf]

Great timing for this video. The battle of Gettysburg ended on July 3rd

[@boyscouts83712]

And then tomorrow on July 4th the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi falls to General Grant/Sherman(or both) and thus seals the fate of the Confederate States of America!

[@georgetaylor4202]

Best explanation of troop movement and battle highlights I have ever watched.

[@theinquisitor4844]

Love your videos! Especially the bird's eye view reminds me of the maps in the The Golden Book of the Civil War I had when I was a kid.

[@itjustjuan5148]

Very accurate in how the powder smoke hangs in the air for a long time, rather than disappearing right away.

[@roboticsmarts6842]

"...We lost one of our ground level cameras..." Aka it's hard to reenact the Battle of Gettysburg from anywhere but the top down.

[@RevertedRashidah]

The way you kept saying Daniel Sickle’s……Leg made me giggle every time! Thank you!

[@williamallen3715]

Awesome job. The bird’s eye view is something I always wanted to see. Thank you.

[@evanbruno9648]

Would love to see an episode like this with Sherman's march to the sea!

[@Matt-ve3ql]

William “down in Dixie, cook ‘em crispy” Sherman

[@coloneljoshuachamberlain3788]

Aka Scorched Earth 101

[@dmc9239]

@Glenn Krenz Sucks to lose.

[@kilroy2517]

@Glenn Krenz Southern boys died by the thousands to defend the property of rich men. They were brainwashed into thinking they were defending "the Southern way of life", which just happened to be centered around slavery. So even though most Southerners did not own slaves, they were fighting to preserve slavery, even the few who weren't aware of it. Rich men have been convincing poor men to fight for the rich men for millennia. BTW, WTF are you talking about RE: Washington DC? DC had already been there for 60 years. And rewriting the constitution? You mean a lawfully ratified amendment? It's pretty obvious who the ideologue in this conversation is.

[@ehrenthompson7891]

Sherman was a man who understood the assignment and got the job done.

[@marchobbensiefken6958]

"Martha! Theres ANOTHER war out there!" - Im waiting for my hair to dry! *Loud explosion

[@waffle6376]

Oversimplified

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

But the Wat didn’t make explosion, the Vikings did

[@statton35]

They’re not after your beans!

[@ivhanlagulay559]

@@APersonOnKZbinX vikings? there's a tax for that

[@APersonOnYouTubeX]

@@ivhanlagulay559 dude…uncool

[@rawrghblarghwaurgh]

Great video as always... and this is kinda random, but your videos look stunning on ultrawide monitors. Such a treat when a content creator with great video production releases their content in 21:9, thanks!

[@twt000]

1440p too.

[@theoriginalchefboyoboy6025]

very, very, very, VERY nicely done video - SUBSCRIBED! probably one of the best made videos to describe a historical event I've seen on YT. Cheers, mate...

[@Bigjohn0318]

“That peach orchard lookin kinda fresh though”- A devoted husband July 2 1863

[@nelsondominguez256]

My man went and died for the peaches 🍑

[@kaletovhangar]

@@nelsondominguez256 He didn't die during the battle though.

[@andonivorrias1164]

His leg was put in a casket after the battle and he visited it every year if I remember right

[@kevinvelado9907]

Now this is quality history teaching at its finest. I thank you.

[@huntingkc1]

Could you imagine if some money backed a movie of this?

[@seansimons3252]

@Tom Simons ᨆ distant cousin

[@kevinvelado9907]

@@huntingkc1 Um bro, look up the movie GettysBurg. Highly recommend, it's very accurate to the battle.

[@brianarcher6625]

@Tom Simons ᨆ bro stop

[@tomservo5347]

During the huge artillery bombardment prior to Pickett's Charge, Meade's HQ farmhouse was receiving quite a bit of missed Confederate rounds. He found some of his staff cowering behind the wooden farmhouse and chastised them for thinking it offered any kind of protection and told them that they might as well face it out in the open like he was.

[@martinrenzhofer8241]

One can't have a true perspective about "Pickett's Charge" without visiting the battlefield. I was stunned when looking over that great expanse between the two armies.

[@bluntforcetrauma8192]

You are right. I went there on one of the yearly anniversaries of "Picketts Charge" and I walked it at the exact time that the attack started. It is a long way to walk under cannon and rifle fire.

[@12thDecember]

The Gettysburg Cyclorama is another fascinating way to appreciate the expanse of Pickett's Charge.

[@OK-yy6qz]

Couldn't you say the same about every battlefield?

[@danielnavarro537]

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Abraham Lincoln. Gettysburg address

[@neighbor-j-4737]

Thank you for this...

[@orevukosavljevic4448]

"9 months and 4 days ago, my father brought upon my mother, by himself, and gave to her a child" -Newborn Abraham Lincoln ig

[@joshuaharrington6094]

Amen

[@joshuaharrington6094]

@@douglasgriswold2533 History is certainly something we should all strive to know more of. Lincoln felt that his speech wasn't going to cut the mustered for such an event as Gettysburg. Little did he know those few words would become Hallowed Grounds for a Nation.

[@ihavetowait90daystochangem67]

Objective: *Stay Straight* Obstacle: *Johhny Marching Home*

[@averagetexan9930]

What

[@mrog5481]

Very well done. Helps conceptualize the complexity of those three action-packed days.

[@H0plite99]

Pretty nice summary, fits in with everything I knew. Great piece of work. Didn't know the Iron Brigade started it off though. Those guys were tough.

[@FrostySumo]

This is better than anything the "History" channel ever produced. History youtubers are awesome.

[@freedombro6502]

The knowledge is now easily available to everyone in great quality 👍

[@Y2KNW]

12:07 - I can hear Jeff Daniels calling for bayonets and it's glorious.

[@keithdean9149]

Lee: "You must see to your division." Pickett" General Lee, I have no division."

[@robertclare8496]

Great recounting of the confusion of battles in those days. Brought some clarity for a layman like me, Not the loudest artillery exchange though, maybe Trafalgar with thousands of guns, 30 pounders too ? I really like your approach to storytelling, well done.

[@a.j.petrarca2268]

Ah yes, Gettysburg, the second northernmost battle of The Civil War. Second to the battle of Schrute Farms, of course!

[@boyscouts83712]

What about the Draft Riots in NYC?!

[@muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018]

@@boyscouts83712 I wouldn't call it a battle as it was a, well riot.

[@boyscouts83712]

@@muhammadirfanjalaluddin1018 if u have to get regular army soilders and naval support to quell city issues, it no longer a riot but a battle

[@neighbor-j-4737]

The battle for Schrute Farms was by far the most pivotal battle of all modern history. That cannot be overstated.

[@adamaizenberg756]

Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica…

[@DiracComb.7585]

19:55 said General Custer would also make an appearance in a “Night at the Museum” movie

[@davidvasquez08]

I remember that lol, I wish we gotten more screen time for Teddy Roosevelt

[@kingmuddy5898]

Fun fact: I forgot which battle, but General Custer and his brother (mightve been his son) were both taking rebel positions when his brother got shot in the face. He had to be dragged away as he still believed he could fight

[@davidvasquez08]

@@kingmuddy5898 wow, didn’t know that

[@theinquisitor4844]

@@kingmuddy5898 It was Tom Custer who also died at Little Bighorn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Custer

[@theinquisitor4844]

Tom was Autie's brother. George Custer never had a son.

[@lindamcclain5569]

Thank you, wish history was this easy to understand when I was in school. Great video!

[@GalactusOG]

Such an awesome new style this is. Drones Eye view is pretty bad ass.

[@opossumbandit4960]

Multiple of my relatives died in Pickett's charge. My family received land in Virginia for their actions in the French and Indian War and therefore fought for the confederacy during the Civil War. I've been to the battlefield in Gettysburg and it is a truly sombering sight, seeing where my decendents and so many Americans fought and died alike. If you ever have the chance to visit the battlefield I highly recommend you do. I recommend that you go there, not with a hatred for the other side, but with respect for the men who fought and so gallantly died for their cause.

[@TheWizardGamez]

Off-brand operation room

[@sharkscrapper]

Very nicely done. I was fortunate to spend time camping around Gettysburg and learning of the battle as a Boy Scout. Thank you.

[@thefisherking78]

Well damn! This may be some of your best work, man. I have been to Gettysburg a few times and I still struggle to wrap my head around the sheer scale of the battlefield and the gutwrenching drama that played out there. I don't think anyone can even come close to grasping it without visiting.. to imagine that the battle lines were so long that they stretched over the horizon and it would take hours to force march from end to end. I've heard the story told many times by many different historians, and I loved your take on it! Thanks!

[@DerekLeyrer]

What did you think of the new dune movie Mr Dib

[@sidharthvyas7870]

Somebody told me that battle of Schrut farms was the bloodiest.

[@AhaanM]

I think it was the northernmost battle

[@lewstone5430]

Most of the red stains was beet juice.

[@ryanwight278]

I burst out laughing when he said "dan sickles..devoted husband" lol

[@craigmurphy1204]

I'm relieved to hear that Sickles' leg was restored in a museum. That was touch and go there for a bit

[@frankpasser2349]

It’s still very proudly on display, one of the stranger exhibits I’ve ever seen

[@ethanarnold4441]

I find it pretty funny that Griffin presents General Dan Sickles' right leg, which was blasted off by a cannonball, as the greatest causality of the battle.

[@RealSaintB]

17:30 The most tragic casualty because it didn't take the whole man with it, allowing him to commit further blunders.

[@sticktheok]

NOT THE SICKLE’S LEG!

[@justonemori]

The best part is the confederates lost.

[@Ep0nz]

I live very, VERY, close to this battlefield. If you EVER get the chance to make the trip to Gettysburg, PA. DO IT! They have tours constantly…just walking around in the field, knowing what went down there is powerful enough. Then you see the multiple houses/barns etc etc that have the bullets still lodged into the walls.

[@pzg_kami6472]

This bird's-Eye view approach is the best way to represent specific battlefields. I hope this method is used to other battles as well. In my opinion some improvements can be made like pausing between each major events and rise the camera higher in order to let viewrs see the overall situation of the whole front. Also showing the name of each units (and if possible their commanders) next to them would be helpful as well Thanks alot

[@MaskofAgamemnon]

It's taken 140 years but George Meade is finally starting to get his due.

[@reaperking2121]

Seriously though. He didn't do anything brilliant. But sometimes you don't need brilliance. Sometimes you just need a solid general to dig in and defend and he did just that. For the Brilliant offensive generals to do their thing you need others who can hold a line and when need support and meade could definetly do that.

[@MaskofAgamemnon]

@@reaperking2121 well said

[@johnnicholas7420]

@@reaperking2121 Actually he did. A friend who taught at the Army War College said that Meade was inside Lee's decision-making process throughout much of the campaign. Meade forced the ANV back from Harrisburg. He's selected a battlefield (that was actually superior to the terrain at Gettysburg). He's developed a plan to force Lee's army to concentrate. (Had the battle started one or two days later, Lee would have discovered that there was nowhere he could go without running into the Union troops.) He's starting implementing a plan to pull the Confederates towards Big Pipe Creek. When Reynolds is killed, Meade stays centrally located to his army at Taneytown along the Pipe Creek Line and sends Hancock (who Meade has briefed to Gettysburg). Meade makes the decision to abandon the Pipe Creek plan and move to Gettysburg. On July 2, Meade is planning an attack on Benner's Hill to straighten his line and force the Confederates to abandon the town. When Sickles does his idiotic move (which could have spelled disaster for the AoP), Meade doesn't panic, but shifts 41,000 troops to meet the threat. You won't find out what Meade did by reading his report or the newspaper stories, you have to read his subordinates' reports. When Sykes, Hancock, Newton, and Slocum are ordered to send troops, who could be giving them their orders? Meade at times was personally leading brigades into position. Meade had a good staff and good subordinates and knew how to work them as a team. After the battle, Meade is exhausted. Since taking command, he's probably average about three hours of sleep a night and the team is killed or wounded. Still, the AoP makes some of the hardest marches of the war after Gettysburg.

[@reaperking2121]

@@johnnicholas7420 Never knew that.Thank you for the info that it very interesting.

[@kurtgreaser988]

Read Steven Sears book on Gettysburg, he is on of the few historians that gives Meade credit. New to command he is in a difficult situstion, he has to use Hooker's staff. His Pipe Creek Defense line is a sound strategy. Of course he abandons the plan when Buford, Reynolds, and Hancock compell and advise him that Gettysburg is good ground. He uses his subordinate's and listens to there analysis of situation. He is critized for his council of war on the evening of July 2,; however the battle is fought over a front of eight plus miles. The shear size and complexity of the battle almost comples a new commander into having to rely on trusted subordinate's. The fish hook allows him to employ is his superior numbers within interior lines. Allowing him to rush troops to various points of action at critical points in the nick of time, i.e. Culps Hill snd the Round Tops. I know many say he was lucky, but seriously Lee has many Nick of the moment saves and he us given all the credit. Napoleon said he trusts lucky generals.

[@Jobe-13]

Seeing the armies fighting with both guns and swords is a pretty cool combat combination.